So I was bored today and started browsing MyBlogLog. MyBlogLog, once you join, automagically adds blogs to your Community list when you’ve visited them, assuming that just because you glance at a blog once you must love it and want to be associated with it forever. Which is a bit silly - isn’t that what […]
Excuse the prolonged absence; I wasn’t really away, but I was due to update my Wordpress which wasn’t letting me post until I did so. Now I have done so.
In the meantime, I occupied myself by reading other blogs and finally checking up on what was being said about me on measurement-of-blogging-worth-tool Technorati. Not much, […]
Any semi-regular blogger knows the kind of mail that trickles into their inbox via their blog’s handy Contact Us form.
I keep the form alive because occasionally I get some real feedback, even fan mail, as well as the odd work offer or request to advertise. But to be honest, about 70% is dross. Some is […]
Darren at ProBlogger has kindly shared a personal response of his to Google AdSense, who coldly broke up with him this month. Well, what happened is they decided that their signup referrals system was only going to be available to people in certain countries from now on (ie not Australia, where Darren lives, or New […]
Darren at ProBlogger has been considering ways to stay in shape while blogging. While I personally consider any kind of movement within the home highly dangerous, I can see the merit of staying fit, especially if you tend to remain indoors. You’ll want to look good in any blogging videos you post, as well as […]
This is the one where Rich Minx does something embarrassing.
Last night I was kneeling on the edge of my bed, leaned backwards (forgetting I was on the edge of the bed), and proceeded to do a head-first reverse somersault that culminated in a nasty *crunch* and me lying in a very strange position on the […]
Hello! I’m back. Phew, it’s been a busy few months.
Coming back to a blog you’ve barely updated is a bit like coming back to a house you vacated a while back and simply left, with mail piling up on the floor, dust bunnies gathering, wilted plants and a general feeling of unlived-in-ness. Right now I […]
Coming up to Christmas, it’s the perfect time for music stores (yes, they still exist) to release compilation CDs as stocking fillers. You know, the Absolute Bestest Greatest Christmas Songs Of All Time! Volume 3, etc etc.
Which got me to thinking, there are no CDs for bloggers as far as I’m aware, so here […]
One of the beauties of blogging is that geography can be immaterial. I will read your blog even if you live thousands of kilometres (or miles, or stone throws etc) away; even if you complain about the winter while I bask in summer; even if you write with a funny accent; even if we never […]
It’s common knowledge that most blogs simply die alone.
Starting a blog is damn easy; it takes two seconds. Name and template, then go. But maintaining a blog is not easy and many bloggers give up early, hit the snooze button and nothing happens ever again.
I’ve been guilty of this on a number of blogs over […]
